Sales pad



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ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 6, 1935 PATENT OFFICE SALES PAD v I V Hugh C. Alexander, New York, N. Y. Application April 18, 1934, serial No. 721m 5 Claims. (Cl; 282-4) This invention relates to sales pads and the like and my improvements are directed to means for rendering these devices of greater usefulness than hereto-fore.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide means whereby, without extra labor, a day or chronological sales record may be automatically produced at the time of preparing the usual duplicate invoices, thereby assuring accuracy, and saving the labor and time of transcription.

A further object is to provide, by means of the chronological sales record, a mailing list of customers with their addresses and other useful data.

A still further object of my invention is to arrange the reverse side of the chronological sales sheet for an identified analysis or other distribu tion of the sales thereof, and for including said sheet in a loose leaf binder. r 7 Other features and advantages of my invention will hereinafter appear.

, Inthe drawings: t l v Figure l is a top perspective view of a pad, closed, containing my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the pad elements.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1.

. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pad with the guide element detached. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the pad with the chronological sheet shifted and in use.

7-. I Fig. 8 is a perspective detail of a duplicate invoice.

' ,"Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a complete sales pad, in use, showing a modified means of operation.

Fig. 10 is a. perspective view of my improved sales pad, showing a modified form of guide strap, also showing the loose leaf binding for the chronological sheets.

1 Fig. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the .a sales pad elements, and

aFig. 12 is a detached perspective view of the pad and slide elements, the pad having an extra carbon element, and the slidable element having pairs of chronological sheets.

gReferring first to the subject matter of Figs.

1 ,to'8, let I indicate a pad backing upon which is imposed and secured a stack of duplicate invoice sheets and a carbon sheet interleaving therewith in the usual manner.

. The usual pad backing sheet is also shown at X.

The permanent invoice sheet, which is the one to receive. the carbon copy, is indicated at 2; the customers sheet, which is to be detached in the usual manner, is indicated at 3, and the carbon sheet at l." l H It will be notedthat sheet 3, which is in the usual manner detachable at its bottom 5 from sheet 2, is shorter in length than sheet2, it having no top portion, like sheet 2, on which to write the name and address of the customer. This is because an additional sheet, indicated at 6, carried by a" slide member I which is provided with a tongue portion 8, is caused ,to lie over the carbon sheet 4 and partially under the invoice sheet 3, so that when writing out an invoice ,or' sales slip the name and address of the customer, with any other desirable information, will appear on sheet 6 and the carbon copy thereof on sheet 2, but sheet 3, which is to be detached and given to the customer, being of shorterlength than sheet 2, will be devoid of the name and address.

The sheet 6 is shiftable, in a manner to be described hereinafter, so that when the name and address of the customer have been written as stated, and the'articles sold itemized on the dupli cateinvoice sheets and sheet 3detached, then sheet 6 is to be shifted to bring succeeding lines thereon or a suitable space on which to write the name and address of the next customer.

The stack of sheets forming the pad is united at one end by a binding strip 9 and stapling or other fastening means I0 is employed to connect the backing sheet to the pad. The strip 9 has extended fingers II that fold over at the back of the pad andform a loop which is adapted to slidably engage the tongue 8 when the pad is in use; although,in Fig. 4, as in Figs. 1 and 2, with thepad closed, the slidable member 1 is shown reversed. I

The strip 9, besides having fingers II, also has fingers l2, which fold over the front of the pad and are secured together to form a loop for its reception and frictional engagement. The strip 9 also has front and rear flaps l3, I that enclose the top endof the pad and are secured thereto as bythe staples Ill.

The flap [4 of strip 9 does not enclose the backing 1, which, as shown in. Fig. 5 is spread apart from the padat its upper end for the reception of said'flap, prior to the stapling together of these elements.

In Fig. 3 the slidable member 1 is shown separated from the pad, and with its tongue 8 in readiness to be slipped through the loop formed by fingers I l at the back of the pad. The tongue is thus entered to bring the fold I5, between member '5 and tongue 8, against the top of the pad, and the sheet 6 is to be slipped through the loop formed by fingers I2, so that said sheet 6 will overlie the carbon sheet 4 and underlie the invoice sheet 3, see Fig. 6.

The pad is now in readiness for use and the user may write out on the top lines or space of sales record sheet 6 the name and address of a customer, together with such indicia in the margin as may be desirable in establishing a sales record. Then upon the short invoice sheet 3 the user may write out the list of items sold or:

ordered, placing the prices and total thereof in the margin, as is the custom with ordinary sales pads, and this writing on invoice sheet 3, as well as the writing on sales record sheet 6 will be transfered upon the invoice sheet 2. Sheet 3 is to be detached at 5 and handed to the customer, and

sheet 6 the slidable member I with its tongue.

8 is slid through the loop formed by fingers II a sufiicient distance to cause saidisheet 6 toroll over thetop of the pad and be drawn upwardly through the loop formed by fingers I2 to thus position the succeeding name and address lines or space just above the top of said succeeding sheet 3, 'The shiftable member I may have a number of sheets 6 attached thereto, and when one. of these sheets has been filled with names and addresses, to thus constitute a'chronological record, it may be detached and filed and the next succeeding sheet 6 then slid under the loop formed byfingers I2, to be used in the same manner.

. As will be noted in Figs. 6, '7 and 8 the chronological sheets 6 each bear a number of columns which may be used to write in desirable data, as

for example under the headings of DateCustomer- Dept.Amt. Such data are of course only arbitrarily selected, and may bevaried to suit the needs of the trade. Also each heading space or line is given afnumber on sheet 6, these numbers being consecutively arranged and intended as indicia for the purpose of identifying the customer and the particular purchases with an analysis thereof that is to be provided on the reverse side of the chronological sales record sheet, as

will be described hereinafter with reference to Figs. and 11. Since the duplicate invoices are also numbered i'n-the same order, the chronological sales record gives an accounting of both invoices and distribution.

In Fig. 9 the same pad and shiftable elements for the chronological record are shown, but here the. sheet 6 is placed and secured the reverse way on slidable member I, and said member, instead of its tongue 8, is to be introduced through the guide loop I I the sheet 6, instead of being rolled over the-top end of the pad, being entered directly through its guide loop I2 With this'modification the member 1, with sheet 6, will be drawn outwardly in' advancing said sheet to bring-a succeeding space or line into position to serve for an invoice heading.

In Figs. 10 and 11, instead of the flexible strip 9, with its loop forming fingers I I, I2 I provide a metallic strap I6, having lugs "11 by which it is secured to a stifi backing sheet I8, said strap having a bar I9 that divides it into two loops, 28, 2|, the loop 28 being bounded by the top of strap I6 and bar I9, and the loop 2! being bounded by bar I9 and the surface of backing sheet 58.

In using this strap the tongue 8 of slidable member I is slid through the loop 25, and the sheet 6, which is rolled over the top end of the pad, is slid through the loop 2! which loop 253 also receives the top end of the pad, said pad being 10- calized in loop 28 by reason of the fact that its backing sheet I has been engaged in the loop 2|.

The operative employment of the pod under this modification is the same as in the instance of the example illustrated in Figs. 1 to 8.

Also in -Fig. .10 I have shown a stiif backing member 22, coupled to backing I8 as by split rings 23, in the manner of a loose leai binder, and the'sheets 5 are perforated that they may be connected to said member 22 as loose leaves.

To accord said sheets 6 added utility they may bear on their reverse sides the heading of sales analyses, with suitable sub-headings such for example as dep. for department, so that in vertical columnsunder respective sub-headings, and in horizontally disposed spaces which extend from numeral indications at the left, the numbering, which is consecutive, corresponds with the numbering on the chronological sales record side of the sheet, whereby the sales analyses at said reverse side of sheet $5, which may be Written out from the sales data on the respective invoice sheets, constitutes an itemized record or summary of the sales to all the customers represented on the chronological sales record side of sheet 6.

A still'further modification is illustrated in Fig. 12, wherein pairs of chronological sales record sheets are shown at 24, 25, the sheet 24 corresponding'to sheet 6, but the underlying sheet 25 of the pair being of thin, highly transparent paper. The sales pad, at its top, carries an extra, short carbon sheet 26, whose carbonized surface is uppermost, said carbon sheet 26 extending down the pad only to the point where it may meet the top edge of invoice sheet 3, but without overlapping sheet 3. Thus in writing the customers name and address with such added indication as may bedesired, upon sheet 5, this writing will by means of carbon sheet 26 be produced, back-- wards upon the under surface of transparent sheet 25, but may be read the right way through said sheet. Therefore at one writing the user can produce the chronologicalsheet in duplicate, in addition to performing the previously stated functions of the device. The extra copy of the chronological sales sheet may be used as a tally for the sales clerk, by having each section perforated, by which means the extra copy may be divided at any section, and the completed section can be turned in at the end of the day while the lower or unfilled portion can be retained in the sales pad for future use. This extra copy of the chronological sales record may be used for suc other purposes as the trade may require.

1 While my improvement has-been described and illustrated with respect to sales or invoice sheets it is obviously equally applicable to other analogous uses.

7 Variations within the spirit and scope of my invention are equally comprehended by the foregoing disclosure.

I claim:

l. A sales pad having folded invoice sheets interleaved with a carbon sheet wherein the outer invoice sheet is of less length than the inner invoice sheet, and a super sheet that is adapted to lie between said invoice sheets, a stiff backing sheet connected with said super sheet; guide means at the back of the pad for the slidable reception of said backing sheet, and guide means at the front of the pad for said super sheet, whereby the shifting of the backing sheet also shifts sai-d super sheet, said super sheet being adapted to have data written thereon in chronological order for carbon transcription respectively only upon succeeding inner invoice sheets.

2. A sales pad having folded invoice sheets interleaved with a carbon sheet wherein the outer invoice sheet is of less length than the inner invoice sheet, a fixed strap having upper and lower loops, said pad being adapted for reception in said upper loop, a stiff back sheet for said pad adapted for ledgement in said lower loop to localize said pad, a super sheet that is adapted to lie between said invoice sheets, a stiff backing sheet connected with said super sheet and adaptedto be slidably engaged in said lower loop while said super sheet is slidable in said upper loop, whereby said super sheet is shiftable with the shifting of its backing sheet, said super sheet being adapted to have data written thereon, in chronological order, for carbon transcription respectively only upon succeeding inner invoice sheets. i

3. A sales pad having folded invoice sheets interleaved with a carbon sheet wherein the outer invoice sheet is of less length than the inner invoice sheet, an extra carbon sheet of short length that lies carbon side uppermost, over the top portion only of the inner invoice sheet, and a pair of super sheets, of which the under sheet is transparent, adapted to lie over said inner invoice sheet and to be shiftable thereon, the outer one of said pair of super sheets being adapted to have data written thereon, in chronological order, for carbon transcription respectively upon succeeding inner invoice sheets, and for transscription backwards upon the under side of the said transparent super sheet.

4. A pad composed of folded sheets each having inner and outer leaves, whereof the inner leaf has a weakened line near its end for detachment and the outer leaf is shorter than said inner leaf to expose a heading space on said inner leaf, between the end of said outer leaf and the end of the detachable inner leaf, where it is weakened, a super sheet that is shiftable relatively to the pad over said inner leaf and adapted to have data written thereon in chronological order, and a carbon sheet interposed between said inner and outer leaves and between said super sheet and the exposed heading space on said inner leaf whereby the chronological data will be transcribed on said exposed heading space of said inner leaf only.

5. A pad composed of folded sheets each having inner and outer leaves, whereof the inner leaf has a weakened line near an edge thereof for detachment and the outer leaf is shorter than said inner leaf to expose a heading space on said inner leaf, between the end of said outer leaf and the end of the detachable inner leaf, a super sheet that is shiftable relatively to the pad over said inner leaf and adapted to have data written thereon in chronological order, and a carbon sheet interposed between said inner and outer leaves and between said super sheet and the exposed heading space on said inner leaf, whereby the chronological data will be transcribed on said exposed heading space of said inner leaf only.

HUGH C. ALEXANDER. 

